The financial executive was found to have a tumor on her brain stem in November 2011. She was hospitalized last fall after suffering a seizure.

Lee had expressed a desire to be taken off a ventilator that helped keep her alive, a decision her parents — devout Christians originally from Seoul, South Korea — opposed. Man Ho Lee, pastor of Antioch Missionary Church in Queens, and his wife, Jin Ah Lee, sought a court order blocking doctors from removing her from a respirator. They had argued that their daughter’s wishes were tantamount to committing suicide.